Challenge for the New Year

Fellow Global Mission Partners:
 
I wish for you all a very bright, productive and Spirit-filled year!
 
No doubt the year 2010 will start out quite vigorously and energetically across the globe. We will continue to hear of wars and rumours of wars, disasters, famine, violence, crime, and sickness. We will read about or perhaps share in some of these experiences.
 
But in the midst of all of this, the Word of God in Psalms 46:10, echoes and transcends the nations, “Be still and know that I am God.” He reminds us that He is still in control. He is our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer of life. He will guide us with His eyes!
 
A new year holds the possibility of new beginnings—a new name, a new song, a new covenant, new ideas, and renewed passion. His mercies are new every morning! It is my prayer that there will be much excitement in our local churches and across our regions as we seek to promote missions through NMI. 
 
I challenge us to raise NMI to a new level. We must be A2 + E2—Armed, Able and Extremely Effective. “Armed” and “Able” speak to the whole matter of “praying” and  “educating,” while  being “Extremely Effective” addresses “discipling” and “giving.” Let us endeavour to reflect this A2 + E2 approach with passion, as we shift our focus from a calendar/offerings/program emphasis to one that embraces our fourfold objectives. Do remember that action speaks louder than words.
 
Finally, in everything we do, let us repeatedly ask ourselves, “who is watching me?” The response—our children, our friends, our neighbours, our world, and our God!
Let us boldly go forth in this new year and continue to care for the hurting, the lost, and the dying among us. We must declare the message of the Cross and to Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations!
   
 
 
 
 
 
Jennifer Brown
Global NMI President
 
“Passionate People Are Driven Towards the Goal”
 
 
 
 
 

 
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